Question:
Suggestions for making home made popsicles?
I bought those popsicle forms to make my own popsicles and used crystal light. They don't taste like popsicles, they taste like flavored ice. In other words they are too solid (hard to explain). Any suggestions on what to use/how to make so that the texture is more like popsicles and less like a block of ice? Thanks! — susanje (posted on May 18, 2003)
May 18, 2003
I don't know what it is in popcicles that makes them softer and more
edible. Maybe a gelatin base?? I do have some suggestions though. Have
you tried freezing pudding?? I have heard those are good although I have
not tried it yet. I did buy a snow cone (shaved ice) machine for my kids.
Unfortunately the flavors they sell are all super-high in sugar, so when I
make them one, I make myself one and use the DiVinci sugar free syrup. It
is SO yummy!! HIGHLY recommended!!
— Cheri M.
May 18, 2003
Susan, I know exactly what you mean, It becomes more like an ice cube than
a real popsicle. My only suggestion is to catch them before they freeze too
long, know what I mean? So if it normally takes 2 hours to have them
freeze, eat them at 1 1/2 hours, b/c they are a better consistency. I know
the point is to stay away from sugar, but I often make orange juice cubes
or slushies. Fill an ice cube tray with oj (I usually dilute it a little)
and then freeze. I believe each cube is about an ounce, so if you only have
two, that's like 30 calories and 1 gram sugar or something. Hope you find
something that works!
— Lezlie Y.
May 18, 2003
Years ago I use to make popsicles with a package of Kool-Aid ( Unsweetened
) a box small of Jell-O, 1 cup of sugar. Mix this with 1 c hot water 1 c
cold water. You can sub the sugar with splenda and the Jell-O with sugar
free. You will have to play with the recipe and the flavors.
— domestic G.
May 18, 2003
There are some store bought popsicles that are sugar free, and taste great.
They got me through the first month post op.
Best of luck.
— GPoynor
May 18, 2003
This topic cracks me up because a friend who knows I am a popsicle JUNKIE
sent it to me.
THey haven't gotten me through just the first post-op month... try the
whole first YEAR post-op! I am actually about 13 months post-op and they
are my favorite thing. I still have no appetite, and a creepy gallbaldder
(coming out in 4 days) so popsicles are my new best friends.
Like any post-op food, you have to read everything on every label, but
other than that, why make something yourself that BLUE BUNNY can make
perfectly? ;)
I know this sounds a tad obsessive, but I really do like them! My husband
says that I sometimes eat them in my sleep in the middle of the night ;)
-shelli
— kultgirl
May 18, 2003
If I had $$$ to invest, I'd put it in the Blue Bunny company. I LOVE their
Sugar Free Bomb Pops (just like the ones we had as kids), Ice Cream Lites
& Fudge Lites...as well as Lite 85 yogurts. Go to www.bluebunny.com and
give them feedback on their products and they will send you fabulous
coupons. Oh yeah, and their sugar free/fat free or reduced fat ice cream is
yum, yum, yum! - Anna
— Anna L.
May 18, 2003
I had to jump in on this. Ever notice the words "quiescently frozen
confection" on the wrappers for Popsicles? I looked up quiescently,
and found this:
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"It is the combination of a sweetener and food solids that sets
Popsicles apart from ice cubes. While water freezes at 32 degrees
Fahrenheit, the addition of artificial flavoring, artificial coloring,
stabilizers and sugar syrup lowers the freezing point of the Popsicle
solution. As the solution cools, water freezes out in the form of pure ice
crystals. At the same time, the sugar syrup and food solids left behind
becomes more concentrated. At low enough temperatures, the solution
crystallizes completely, but at the temperature at which a human being can
eat a Popsicle without getting frostbite, the sugar syrup and food solids
serve as a lubricant between the ice crystals, making the Popsicle seem
more like slush than a block of ice."
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Hope this helps with at least understanding why they're more slushy than
ice-cubey. I still don't know what "food solids" they're talking
about...probably the secret company recipe.
— [Deactivated Member]
May 18, 2003
I like to freeze sugar-free rootbeer or cola. Freezing kills the
carbonation and it doesn't freezes to a really hard consistence. I love to
throw these in the blender too and create a frosty. Yummm
— [Deactivated Member]
May 18, 2003
Popsicle brand makes sugar-free popsicles. I love them. I have at least a
couple a day!
Good luck!
— Diane S.
May 19, 2003
I haven't tried this, but how about mixing diet 7-up or diet Sprite with
orange juice?
— Lynette B.
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